For his contributions to global humanitarian and disaster relief operations, and for his leadership in peacekeeping as a practitioner, advisor and educator.
Ted Itani is a role model of service to people in crisis around the world. Following a distinguished military career, he became an advisor to the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, where he drew on his own experiences to help design peacekeeping training courses conducted by the centre around the world. A committed humanitarian, he led responses to major natural disasters, including the earthquakes and floods that ravaged Pakistan in the last decade. He is also a senior volunteer with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.